It was a messy night on the radar for sure. Nocturnal migration to our south picked up significantly overnight, but migration over New Jersey was thwarted by several storms pushing into the state throughout the night. This isn’t necessarily bad, though. It appears that a line of storms over Southern New Jersey effectively shut down the movement entering the state, and did so in a way that could mean good densities of birds along the bayshore. Central Jersey was seeing some migration early in the night, mostly from the s/se to n/nw, which was also shut down in the middle of the night by some storms that packed strong northerly winds. I’d be interested in reports from inland sites to see what birds may have arrived, as well as Sandy Hook to see what stuck around. It doesn’t look like much was leaving the coast last night, so hopefully the Neotrops that were found yesterday will be relocated today. My new bird prediction? Prairie Warbler in South Jersey.
Good Birding
Frames are every 1/2 hour for reflectivity and velocity, and 1 hour for the regional composite
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5 responses to “Birds and weather”
No new species around HMF this morning (in my 45 minute walk), but plenty of the regulars. Winter Wrens (at least 2) continue to sing in the middle of the forest. Carolina Wrens were particularly numerous and vociferous as well. Found a White-breasted Nuthatch nest today- male was bringing food to female in the cavity…very cool.
Wish I could come to the presentation. No way I can do any birding before Saturday, unfortunately. I am hoping any big push will hold off until Friday night (i.e. that tonight will still be slow). Next week looks excellent!
Not sure of the cause, and while no “new” species were seen, there were more individuals this morning in Tenafly.
~8 Pine Warblers, ~5 Palms, continuing GC Kinglets in good numbers, with a few RC Kinglets too. Still no Yellow-Rumps though. Expecting B&W Warblers on Monday…
There was some definite movement in Sussex County last night. A brief stop at one of my local migration traps yielded good numbers of palm and pine warblers as well as several blue gray gnatcatchers. The lingering juncoes and fox sparrows had cleared out..a good number of white throateds still remain.
Hello all,
Garret Mtn. remained static yielding low densities of birds including PAWA, PIWA, YRWA and LOWA.
Regards, Bruce McWhorter